Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, (1982). First edition - Translations of six 20th century Japanese women's stories - writers who choose not to recognize the docile stereotype of Japanese women, but rather to write probing, provocative and sometimes chilling explorations of the female pysche. Translated and with an introduction by Birnbaum. Among the writers are Kanei Mieko, Sono Ayako, Enchi Fumiko and others. ix, 147 p . ISBN: -824808177.